MEL C has revealed she wouldn’t be ­surprised if the Spice Girls are still performing together in their 60s.

Following the band’s ­triumphant reunion at the closing ceremony of the Olympics, she says they’re not ­ruling out performances well into the future.

Mel, 38, said: “It does keep making me laugh because there was an ­interview I did where I was like, ‘Well, we can’t be singing Wannabe when we’re in our mid-30s’.

“And now look at us. We keep putting the age limit up. I think I’ll raise the bar to 65.”

She says the Olympics gig felt like the most natural thing in the world for her and bandmates Geri Halliwell, Victoria Beckham, Melanie Brown and Emma Bunton, who had last performed ­together during their Reunion world tour in 2008.

Mel said: “We knew there was a lot of pressure on us. But we rehearsed for eight days…we showed we still have it.”

In their glory days, the girls were dogged with rumours of infighting and until ­recently it was believed there was still a rift between Victoria and Mel B. But Mel Chisholm, now ­rehearsing her role as Mary Magdelene in the Jesus Christ Superstar Arena Tour, said: “I think right now we are ­probably closer together than we ever have been. We’ve grown into ourselves and put things behind us.”

Her sixth studio solo album Stages, is out tomorrow and features a duet with Emma Bunton. It follows Mel’s first foray into reality TV as a judge on ITV1’s Superstar.

Mum of a three-year-old ­daughter Scarlet, Mel recently split with Thomas Starr, her partner of 10 years.

She said: “Being a mother comes first right now.”

Mel will next be with the Spice Girls again on December 11 for the opening of their big show, Viva Forever The Musical.

“We are blown away with it,” she said. “It’s a real Spice Girl legacy. There’s the premiere of the show, then the inevitable movie. I just can’t get rid of those girls. And it’s nice to finally be happy about saying that.”

? Jesus Christ Superstar Arena Tour launches on September 21 at ­London’s O2 and will be at Glasgow’s SECC on September 25 and 26. There are still tickets available for the second night. See www.jesuschristsuperstar.com